Date: January 20, 1942
World War II: The U.S. tanker SS Virginia is torpedoed in the mouth of the Mississippi River by the German submarine U-507. Date: May 12, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 12 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942World War II: First…
Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th symphony premiers in a besieged Leningrad. Date: August 9, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 9 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942TWA Flight 3 Crash Kills Carole Lombard, 22 Aboard, January 16, 1942Battle of Midway Ends in…
World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich. Date: June 10, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 10 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942First Female Prisoners Arrive at Auschwitz Concentration…
World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies. Date: February 27, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 27 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This…
Henry Ford patents a soybean car, which is 30% lighter than a regular car. Date: January 13, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Norwegian Manifesto Calls for Nonviolent Resistance to German Occupation, July 25,…
The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time. Date: July 18, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 18 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Japanese Naval Troops Invade Tulagi Island, Battle of Coral…